Frances Thirlway

Brilliant and completely accurate

Afua Hirsch: Politicians looking to blame others for migration should look at themselves | Good Law Project The west has spread environmental and economic damage around the world. Now the people fuelling the politics of hate are making money from the apparatus of hatred, says Afua Hirsch.

"Instead of acknowledging migrants as the survivors of climate collapse – fuelled by the global north, which is responsible for 92% of excess global emissions – these political parties emphasise 'overpopulation' and 'opportunism' in the global south."

Photos of Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and David Lammy with copy that says: Amnesty UK urges David Lammy to act now to stop the deaths of hunger strikers.

We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.

Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.

‘Students don’t have to prove authorship of every word, they show their supervision of AI tools’ When all students are required to use generative AI for every assignment, their practice can be more rigorous, transparent and deeply reflective. Here, Tiatemsu Longkumer explains a rubric

When all students are required to use #GenAI for every assignment, their practice can be more rigorous, transparent and deeply reflective. Here, Tiatemsu Longkumer explains a rubric: https://ow.ly/Apmu50XRXw1 #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

1 day left to have your Christmas donations matched! I chose DEC's Middle East appeal, the Refugee Council, NEPACS supporting kids to visit parents in prison, Parkinson's Nurses in memory of my mum, and Youth Talk mental health 💕

Hmm

However, this book 📕 gives case studies & explains how health #inequalities have previously been reduced through policies,it’s not impossible. We must believe that things can get better!

Available to read 🆓 online, but I am 40 so I am excited to be reading a real #book 📚😄
@profbambra.bsky.social

✨New #book day 📚✨

When I proposed my #PhD on #inequalities, some were dismissive, saying it is an insurmountable problem….

And after reading the opening page (that in New Orleans there is a 2️⃣5️⃣ YEAR gap in life expectancy between richest & poorest areas 🏚️💰) I can see why people feel that way….1/2

Students lured to UK universities by ‘fake promises’ from recruitment agents Cash-strapped institutions turn to unregulated firms to reel in lucrative overseas income

www.ft.com/content/be96...

Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration

Frantically learning all the wrong lessons.
People who want Reform policies will vote Reform.
People who want Labour policies ... well, perhaps they'll just have to vote Green.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Israeli authorities have illegally banned all aid and goods into Gaza for two months.

This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.

@philmizen.bsky.social

The Long View | Blocking Radio 3 abroad is a catastrophe for UK music Nation shan’t speak peace unto nation, Andrew Mellor warns, when the BBC prohibits international access to the overwhelming majority of its radio output

The BBC’s motto is ‘Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation’ - not any more apparently as BBC blocks access from abroad www.classical-music.uk/opinion/arti...

More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space Campaign network calls on government to prioritise smaller cars and introduce higher charges for SUV owners

SUVs kill - ban them now www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New books woo! 4 for £7 at the bottom, the others all new from Collected Durham 💕

According to the UK government’s own analysis, 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty by the latest social security cuts.

Call on the PM to stop the cuts: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop...

‘The End’ in cinemas from tomorrow – follow the blind optimism of a wealthy family sheltered in their palatial bunker as climate collapse finally comes knocking . . . @thinkfilmimpact.bsky.social mubi.com/theend

@newcastleunited.com you've really messed up with half the fans outside at kickoff after queuing 45mn

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the third anniversary of the ban on secondary education for girls in Afghanistan

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million

“The consequences for these girls - and for Afghanistan - are catastrophic.”

www.unicef.org/press-releas...

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe 127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024 – double the number reported for 2023 and the highest number seen in the Region since 1997

127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region in 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to an analysis by WHO and UNICEF.
www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Can #ecigs / #vapes help you to #quitsmoking? Are they safe for quitting? See our plain language briefing w/ Feb 2025 search update & findings from Jan 2024 living Cochrane review
@cochranetag.bsky.social
@oxfordtag.bsky.social
Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org
www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/ele...

John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.

Like 1968 and 1989, 2025 could be year for the history books - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stop Automated Discrimination We’ve found out that 3/4 of police forces across the UK are using technology to try to “predict crime” - and almost no one knows about it. But we’re trying to stop it. Sign the petition:

Together we can help stop this.

Sign the petition: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/ban-...

FA Cup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Portsmouth 0-2 Sunderland

Jenna Dear & Emily Scarr scored the goals to send Sunderland into the #WFACup quarter finals!

Sunderland are now the lowest ranked side left in the competition and the only none #WSL side left!

🧡 On Saturday, supporters of Just Stop Oil and @defendourjuries.bsky.social held a vigil in Cambridge for GP Dr Patrick Hart, celebrating his birthday on the 5th Feb.

🔥 This April we'll be sitting in the road to Reclaim Parliament. Join us: juststopoil.org/spring-2025

Photo credit: Derek Langley

DePOT Roundtable: Tim Strangleman in Conversation Join DePOT as we reflect on the career of Tim Strangleman, with his colleagues, friends, and former students.

🏭 Come celebrate the career of Tim Strangleman, DePOT co-investigator and author of many books on the sociology of deindustrialization. Tickets available here:

Join me in complaining to OFCOM about GB News homophobia 🌈

Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate *CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...

If you put it, privately, to GB News that they were trying to import the racism and hatred of Trumpism into the UK I doubt they'd disagree.

We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

It’s time for climate populism As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe.

www.newstatesman.com/environment/...

"As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe."

good piece by Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read